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All of us at Fleisher are hurt and enraged at the murder of eight people, six of whom were Asian women, in Atlanta last week. Despite the police’s hesitancy in…

Fleisher is proud to partner with Pennsylvania Ballet through its Spread Your Wings program. By making dance both personal and accessible, the program encourages creative and personal engagement with dance…

Among the thousands of people who comprise Fleisher’s creative community, it is easy to think of our faculty as its heart. They are the ones who offer meaningful guidance and…

After he and his mother noticed a room filled with teenagers at the end of Fleisher’s second-floor hallway, Oumar discovered Teen Lounge. Now, seven years later, Oumar has reflected on…

For more than 120 years, Fleisher Art Memorial has served Philadelphia’s families and young art artists through its venerable tuition-free and low-cost art programs. The emergence of COVID-19 has forced…

When Milt Ward arrived in Philadelphia in the late 1930s, he was fleeing the oppressive and segregated south. But what he found in his new home was a welcoming, creative…

The past past five months have required a significant pivot in the way Fleisher presents its programs. Those of you who have participated in our online classes for adults have…

We find ourselves in a tense, angry, and painful time. The brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of police is another heartbreaking tragedy in the plague of systemic…

When Mary Schneider first discovered Fleisher in 2008, she was looking to carve out more time to focus on art making. A graduate of Tyler School of Art and Architecture…

For Noelle Nardone, classes at Fleisher have long been a family affair. She began attending classes as a preschooler, when her mother would drop her off in the basement on…